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PlaceSwartvlei Estuary, Sedgefield
Swartvlei is the largest and deepest lake in the Wilderness National Park in Wilderness, Western Cape. It is connected to the sea for 6 months of the years,…
PlaceMarcus Island Marine Protected Area
Marine protected areas aim to conserve marine life and promote the conservation and effective management of biodiverse marine areas. They are an example of…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness…
PlaceMaputaland, Northern Part of KZN
Maputaland, a Region of KwaZulu Natal which stretches from the scenic splendour of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in St. Lucia in the South to South Africa's border…
PlaceStellenbosch, Western Cape
This Historic Town, is a living Museum with a vibrant 'Street Culture'. The Town has a variety of soils and locations ideally suited to flourishing of a wide…
Address of President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the second session of the Democratic Parliament Cape Town, 17 February 1995
… legislative and the constitutional debates. This year, the nations will be observing the related 50th anniversaries of … the Second World War and the…
Archive1995 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 17 February 1995
… legislative and the constitutional debates. This year, the nations will be observing the related 50th anniversaries of … the Second World War and the…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… and as a founding member of a Women's Enfranchisement League in the Cape in 1907 (Walker, 1979:19-21). The … the twentieth century. The first Women's…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… who went on to share a place in the organization’s Ivy League of fascists with racist fanatics like N. Diederichs, …
PlaceSanddrift, Richtersveld
This is a land steeped in legends and mysteries, where dramatic desert landscape and weird rock formations easily trigger the imagination and plays with one’s…
PlaceGeorge Airport, Western Province
The Town of George lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s ever-popular Garden Route. George Airport now welcomes over 800,000…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
On 3 September 1979, Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was elected as the leader of the opposition party, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). He took over from…
EventLegendary photographer Sam Nzima dies
On 12 May 2018, legendary photographer Sam Nzima passed away at the age of 83 in hospital in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. Nzima was born in Lillydale a small village…
PlaceGately House Museum, East London
Peruse through the former home of John Gately, an Irish Immigrant who was one of the founders of the municipal council and voted Mayor of East London a number…
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent clashes between members of the two…
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
Ixopo, immortalized in Alan Paton’s: “Cry the Beloved Country” is the main centre of the Southern Midlands. Although originally named: ‘Stuartstown’, the…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appears before protesters against gender- based violence in South Africa
On 5 September 2019, students from different institutions went to parliament to protest against gender-based violence and demanded to see the president…
EventIgnatius Iggy Mthebule remembered
Ignatius ‘Iggy’ or ‘Gab’ Mthebule was a student activist and leader associated with the Azanian Student Organisation (AZASO) in 1975. Iggy’s brother, Samuel…
EventTryphina Mboxela Jokweni is honoured by the ANC
Tryphina Mboxela Jokweni was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was part of the 1956 Union Buildings March which saw 20 000 women march to…
PlaceSundays River, Mouth and Beach
Sundays River Mouth and the beach that accompanies it are awesome reflections of the beauty of the Eastern Cape. The river itself is spectacular, and the mouth…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She…
PlaceKaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
KaNyamazane, previously known as Lekazi, was established as a labour reserve, and was then zoned to fall within the Kangwane homeland. The first primary school…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… came to be known) developed into one of the strongest nations in the world and entered into a protracted power …
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… Why preserve and protect heritage resources? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation …
PlaceFort Glamorgan, East London
The Historical site of Fort Glamorgan in East London, named after the Earl of Glamorgan. Established in 1848 along the Buffalo River, this Fort was used as…
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
On 17 September 1995, the Roman Catholic’s Pope John Paul II celebrated a papal mass in South Africa as he began his six day tour of Africa. His visit to the…
The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma
The article analyzes Black Consciousness poetry of the 1970s and 1980s South Africa alongside the protest poetry of white South African poet Wopko Jensma. It…
PlaceRobberg Nature Reserve
Robberg Nature Reserve, situated 8 km south of Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, is not only a nature reserve, but also a National Monument. Rocks from this…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… this time South Africa was denied its seat in the United Nations, banished from participation in many international …